My Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu Book by Seigo Okamoto (Preowned)

Extremely rare privately published book by Daito Ryu Roppokai founder Seigo Okamoto.

Limited to 500 copies.

Prologue: The Path to Date Ryu Aikijujutsu

Chapter 1: A New Journey
-Long live Okamoto sun - Moving to Tokyo, a turning point
-Starting a new life in Tokyo
-The creation of the Kodokai branch in Tokyo
-Saying goodbye to Kodo Horikawa Sensei forever
-Thanks to Kodo Sensei, I remain without greed

Chapter 2: The Genealogy of Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu
-The history of Daito Ryu
-Family tree of Daito Ryu
-Tracing the footsteps of Kodo Horikawa Sensei
-The Path to Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu
-Discovering the Daito Ryu path at age 38
-Over a year of not being allowed to learn directly from sensei
-See, touch, and learn with your body
-Time to wear a hakama - feeling my way as an instructor
-One move leads to an infinite number of moves
-My childhood
-Life and death in the military

Chapters 3: The Founding of the Roppokai
-Roppo - a multidimensional response to attacks
-Introducing the techniques to each person - my training policy
-Promotions
-Spreading Daito Ryu solely through word-of-mouth
-Daito Ryu of Seigo Okamoto - its style and basic aiki techniques
-The basic techniques of the Roppokai
-Kamae and salami of the Roppokai
-Counter strength with yawara (flexibility)
-The right moment to make a move
-The core of wiki : breathing, reflex and circular motion
-Fingertips point to the direction of the move
-Maai (distance or positioning)
-Kawashi to avoid injuring one another
-Aikiage and aikisage, the root of all moves
-Aikiage
-Aikisage

Chapter 4: The Never-Ending Path of Training 
-Disseminating the Daito Ryu
-The Roppokai spreading out to the world
-A humble experience of cultural exchange
-The relationship with Denmark, a Nordic country
-First overseas trip to Denmark
-My view on martial arts
-The model for the movie Aiki
-The never-ending trainings of Daito Ryu
-Special round-table talk (Seigo Okamoto sensei and the techniques of Daito Ryu Roppoka: A round table talk by the three top students)
-Chronology of Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai Soshi Seigo Okamoto
-Refrerences

Language: Japanese

Length: 255 pages

Publication date: 2010